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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BT told to share poles for ultrafast fibre internet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43168564This could be big in the UK, this will allow providers to supply direct like Virgin Cable stuff. Or FTTP by other ISP's
Nice! Congrats UK.
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BT told to share poles for ultrafast fibre internet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43168564This could be big in the UK, this will allow providers to supply direct like Virgin Cable stuff. Or FTTP by other ISP's
500 pounds to connect a house to fiber? That's so inexpensive.
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@coliver Yeah but hopefully if others start installing cables everywhere and people sign up the prices will go down
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They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver Yeah but hopefully if others start installing cables everywhere and people sign up the prices will go down
well at least i hope they will.At the last place I worked they wanted 30,000$ plus a 10 year contract to run fiber ~1,000ft.
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@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver Yeah but hopefully if others start installing cables everywhere and people sign up the prices will go down
well at least i hope they will.At the last place I worked they wanted 30,000$ plus a 10 year contract to run fiber ~1,000ft.
I'm assuming your employer at the time passed on that "deal"?
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver Yeah but hopefully if others start installing cables everywhere and people sign up the prices will go down
well at least i hope they will.At the last place I worked they wanted 30,000$ plus a 10 year contract to run fiber ~1,000ft.
I'm assuming your employer at the time passed on that "deal"?
It was for a redundant connection. We didn't need it but we were hosting... everything... in house.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
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@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
Hahah.
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@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
ha. . . maybe 1% of us homes have fibre to the house. I'm in that lucky percentage.
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We asked for a site to have a leased line. Was told there was no free capacity on the Exchange/Cab, and BT wanted just over £100K to install!!!!
We said no we an't paying for the Upgrade to give everyone Fibre !!!! you do it and we will sign up under normal conditions
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
ha. . . maybe 1% of us homes have fibre to the house. I'm in that lucky percentage.
wow, didn't honestly know how it is out there!
So most people on adsl?? -
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
ha. . . maybe 1% of us homes have fibre to the house. I'm in that lucky percentage.
wow, didn't honestly know how it is out there!
So most people on adsl??adsl or copper yeah.
And with our joke of a government it is likely to stay this way.
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
We asked for a site to have a leased line. Was told there was no free capacity on the Exchange/Cab, and BT wanted just over £100K to install!!!!
We said no we an't paying for the Upgrade to give everyone Fibre !!!! you do it and we will sign up under normal conditions
Yeah it's funny how much BT used to charge for leased lines a few years ago for businesses, they have dropped down a lot thankfully now.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
ha. . . maybe 1% of us homes have fibre to the house. I'm in that lucky percentage.
wow, didn't honestly know how it is out there!
So most people on adsl??adsl or copper yeah.
And with our joke of a government it is likely to stay this way.
Crazy, the top grossing country in the world and your government is not even investing in it's infrastructure...you could probably pay for it tenfold if you didn't spend as much on your military lol..
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@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They should of bit the bullet and dug up the uk streets years ago and just laid the fibre, instead BT have only put fibre to the cabinet at the end of the street....people want full fibre to the home now...not half copper and fibre....
The subsidies provided obviously weren't enough.
I have fibre to my house and it's great. . . and stupidly cheap as well.
Don't most US based homes have fibre direct to the premises? or do you have a mix of vdsl/adsl/fibre depending on state?
ha. . . maybe 1% of us homes have fibre to the house. I'm in that lucky percentage.
wow, didn't honestly know how it is out there!
So most people on adsl??adsl or copper yeah.
And with our joke of a government it is likely to stay this way.
Crazy, the top grossing country in the world and your government is not even investing in it's infrastructure...you could probably pay for it tenfold if you didn't spend as much on your military lol..
Something something patriotism... something something socialism. 'Murica.
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@dbeato The Update File is below
https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.8.6_GA_HF/zcs-patch-8.8.6_GA_HF_108839.tgz -
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1264509#p3
It's starting! Here's hoping it meets the marketing.
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@coliver SpaceX seems to be in the headlines a lot these days, all these achievements, what's Nasa doing these days lol??
